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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Book release day! Check out my story, "The Audacity of Gnomes" in Hollowpoint Press' anthology "300: The Gathering." Available August 29, 2026. Find it at www.hollowpointpress.ca Both the image and my story were created 100% by a human. (me :] ) #hollwpointpress #thegathering #books #anthology

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My MM vampire romance SILVER BLOOD has a sequel coming out real soon! Reluctant vampire hunter Cyrus teams up with the heir to an enemy family to investigate strange vampiric turns...and the two become irrevocably intertwined 🖤 books2read.com/silverblood silvercrescentpress.itch.io 💙 📚

A photo of my book Silver Blood with green ivy surrounding it.

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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Check out my story "The Audacity of Gnomes," first place winner of The 300 Project: The Gathering Contest. The covers are beyond gorgeous! Available August 29, 2026 at www.hollowpointpress.ca

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LGBTQ Books & Persons @svukic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Powell’s Books — an iconic landmark in Portland, Oregon, celebrated as the world's largest independent new and used bookstore with a wide-ranging LGBTQ section.

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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Beyond excited to have my story "The Audacity of Gnomes" be featured as 1st place winner of The 300 Project: The Gathering Contest. Available August 29, 2026 at www.hollowpointpress.ca

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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Genuinely so beyond grateful and honored to have my story "The Audacity of Gnomes" selected as first place winner of Hollow Point Press' "300 Project: The Gathering." Available August 29, 2026 at www.hollowpointpress.ca

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Not to be dramatic but holy shit, SHATTERED CITY comes out TWO MONTHS FROM TODAY?!!!!! I'm only freaking out a little bit! Add it to your TBR! www.goodreads.com/book/show/2410649… Read the 1st book! books2read.com/silverblood

Shattered City (City of SIlver, book 2) comes out 2 months from today!

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 06/08/2026

🍽️ The Food Systems Anthology wants horror and Weird fiction centered on food systems, from production to consumption and beyond. 💰 5¢ USD/word + contributor copies 📖 2,000–5,000 words 📅 Sept. 1–14 horrortree.com/taking-submi... From @cursedmorsels.bsky.social #SubmissionCall #WeirdFiction

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SILVER BLOOD is available now, with a sequel coming Oct. 6! When reluctant vampire hunter Cyrus looks into strange cases of vampiric turns, he doesn't expect to uncover a city-wide conspiracy...or fall in love with an enemy vampire. 🛒 books2read.com/silverblood Cover by @thistlearts.bsky.social !

The cover of Silver Blood by T. L. Morgan. Main characters Cyrus and Lucien stand facing the viewer with their hands almost touching. Cyrus is holding a book and looking down at their hands; Lucien is looking at Cyrus. They're set against a red background and the cover is framed by an intricate border of roses and thorns.

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 29/07/2026

The 2026 Wow! Literary Award for Emerging Writers is open! Write about intelligence, consciousness, or interspecies communication for a chance to win $1,000 and publication. 📅 Deadline: Sept. 10, 2026 horrortree.com/the-2026-wow... From @setiinstitute.bsky.social #SubmissionCall #WritingContest

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Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Totally self serving promotional post🎉🎉🎉🎉 Please buy my books so I can afford to buy one (1) small treat for myself. It will probably be a pizza 😀

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Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈 @faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Absolutely delighted to have been given the opportunity to blurb such a wonderful book! 🥰🚀

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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Hollwpoint Press has announced winners for "The Gathering" and I cannot believe that I have been selected for first place!! It's a huge honor to be recognized in this way. Sending my many thanks 💛💛💛 #hallowpointpress #theaudacityofgnomes #1stplace #writer #independentwriter

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Flash Fiction:
1st Place: Kiki Strand - "The Audacity of Gnomes"
2nd Place: Camilla Salemi - "Weight Your Words"
3rd Place: Valeriy Skrobinsky - "Dinner"
Arus Category: 1st Place: M Void - "Vision of a Cult"

Brought to you by Hollowpoint Press
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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Kiki Strand self portrait (made by hand using procreate)

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

2/2 Which is partially why his identity is VERY low-key in the book. The other reason is because, at the time, I felt insecure about writing an identity I didn't know a lot about. I didn't know *I* was nonbinary when I was writing TOS, and Jekku is one of the characters who helped me figure it out 🥹

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Almost all of my books have at least 1 nonbinary character, and I knew all of them were enby from the start— except for Jekku (from The Oracle Stone). He'd always been pretty gender non-conforming, but it wasn't until later drafts of TOS that it occurred to me he's enby. 1/2

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What if you, reader of books, grabbed a signed copy of one of my queer books on this fine Nonbinary People's Day from me, a nonbinary :]

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 14/07/2026

🦋 NonBinary Review #46 seeks speculative fiction & poetry exploring **Metamorphosis**. 💰 Prose: $0.01/word 📝 Poetry: $10 📖 Up to 3,000 words ♻️ Reprints OK 📅 Aug. 1–31 (early submissions July 15) horrortree.com/taking-submi... #SubmissionCall

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Side Quest Books & Games @sidequestbooks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I’m launching a smol Kickstarter for “The Ritual,” my sapphic, tarot-based solo TTRPG about blind love, power dynamics and the seductive danger of ambition — and you can sign up RIGHT NOW! If you love delicious queer drama and The Green Knight with Dev Patel, this is For You™️. bit.ly/3R84RTh

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Coming soon: The Ritual: A Sapphic, Tarot-Based Solo TTRPG

AKA "The Shadow Mommy Project," originally created for Fistful of Crits' Romantasy TTRPG Jam!

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Nancy C Walker @nancycwalker.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Fusion Fragment focuses on publishing anything #SciFi with a preference for slipstream, cyberpunk, post-apocalypse, and a "little taste of the bizarre." Submissions are open through 31 Jul 26. Please read all guidelines before submitting. #opensubmissions www.fusionfragment.com/submissions/

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Submission Status: Open through July 31st. What We Want Science fiction or SF-tinged literary fiction stories and novelettes ranging anywhere from 2,000 to 15,000 words. Although any science fictio…

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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

@faerywhimsy.bsky.social requested ☑️modern-day, ☑️sapphic, ☑️polyamorous ☑️djinn hijinks. I say, challenge accepted, queen!

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Nancy C Walker @nancycwalker.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Diabolical Plots has 2 upcoming submission windows. General Submissions of #SpeculativeFiction July 13-27 and Diabolical Rot theme10 18-25. Please see the link for submission and theme details. #opensubmissions www.diabolicalplots.com/guidelines/

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Submission Guidelines – Diabolical Plots

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

You can pre-order EXQUISITE UNDEAD via Kickstarter late pledges! Secure your copy, support our authors, and receive the book months ahead of its wide publication by pledging. Late pledges close Sept. 1! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tallim…

Pre-order Exquisite Undead!
15 cross-genre vampire stories
Backers get the book months before wide publication
Kickstarter late pledges open till September 1

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Kiki Strand @kikistrand.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Great article, I've never given the word "as" much thought before! Going back and reworking a WIP right now 😄💛

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We have decided to remove a short story from Issue 153 of Apex Magazine. After meeting with our reading and editorial teams, we'd like to share with you what happened, and importantly, how we plan to move forward from here. Thank you for sticking with us. 💜👽

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

FADED MOON is free on Smashwords! This weird gothic fantasy book follows a dying necromancer on a hopeless quest to sacrifice his magic, which he believes will save his life. It...doesn't quite work like that. Find it here: www.smashwords.com/books/view/17190…

Faded Moon: A weird, queer gothic fantasy.
Doomed by the narrative all by yourself, king?
Gothic dark fantasy with elements of eldritch horror
A doomed quest through a sentient forest
No romance; whatever the MC and antagonist got going on is their business, not mine.
Free July 1-31, only on Smashwords.

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 09/07/2026

🕯️ Weird Alchemy is open for submissions! 📚 Weird fiction, dark fantasy & horror 📖 3,000–6,000 words 💰 1p per word 📅 July 1–22, 2026 Bring your strangest stories. horrortree.com/taking-submi... #AmWriting #WeirdFiction #SubmissionCall

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

There's only 6 DAYS LEFT to enter our PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION giveaway! ⏰⏰⏰ Like, repost, and comment — bonus points for tagging the biggest scifi fans in your life! — for a chance to win one of 10 signed collector's edition ARCS of Apex's newest release by @jasonsanford.bsky.social 🌟📚🗳️

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Scylla Publishing @scyllapublishing.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our editor @faerywhimsy.bsky.social has written her Month Two subs roundup for The Monstrous & The Divine! Come and have a look at what we have, and what we're still looking for. Subs must close July 31, 2026! #queerwriting #smallpress www.scyllapublishing.com/adivineblog/...

A stylised ad for the Scylla anthology featuring a goddess, and the words Second Month Subs Roundup - The Monstrous and The Divine sapphic anthology

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jayhengepub.bsky.social @jayhengepub.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Time for another giveaway! Summer reading is always fun when exploring strange biology on stranger worlds! Get your digital copy free on Amazon, now through Sunday!

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Haven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only! We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard! www.havenspec.com/submit/

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Fiction and Poetry for the 21st Century!

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Talli 🎃 Shattered City 10/6! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

THE SOLACE OF STARS is also free this month! This novella stars young apothecary Leif Trysz as they adjust to their role in House Beldon, navigate a petty rivalry with the family's stubborn doctor, and grapple with a gutting loss. Find it here: www.smashwords.com/books/view/17975…

The Solace of Stars: A quiet slice of life novella.
Side character backstory!
Tragic, but cathartic
Anxious apothecary and stubborn doctor do NOT get along
Prequel companion to Silver Blood

Free July 1-31, only on Smashwords

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Cult Publishing - Manuscrypt Magazine @cultpublishing.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

✨SUBMISSIONS OPEN✨ Manuscypt Magazine is officially accepting short stories and artwork for Issue Three!! 👀Theme: ALIENS & CRYPTIDS 🛸🫈 Send us your creepiest tales of monster and martians!👇🏼 cult.pub/submissions #horror #indiepublishing #writing #opensubmissions #shortstories

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